Vanessa Woods and Greg Laden w/ Desiree Schell: Friday

My honored colleague Vanessa Woods, author of Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo (which I am currently reviewing .... stay tuned) will be on Skeptically Speaking this coming Friday, so don't miss that.

Also, yours truly will be on (not live but recorded assuming certain technical difficulties will be worked out) doing something new and unexpected.

You won't want to miss either. Details here. I'll remind you again.

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